LEGO Dimensions Wiki Guide

Hire-a-Hero

Hire-a-Hero allows players to pay with studs to "hire" characters they don't own, and use their abilities for 30 seconds. These characters may be used to unlock collectibles and areas that would otherwise require the purchase of a separate Level Pack, Fun Pack, or Team Pack.

Hire-a-Hero was introduced as part of a game update that was released the week of October 25th, 2015, just before the second wave of product releases became available. As of that update, characters from the initial wave of product releases are available for hire. Presumably this means that as new waves of product are released, characters from the previous wave will become available for hire.

Pricing (in LEGO studs):

First use of a character: 50,000 studs

Second use of same character: 75,000 studs

Third use of same character: 125,000 studs

Fourth & subsequent uses of same character: 250,000 studs

To activate hire-a-hero, strike the gold question mark "tip" object near the obstacle, bringing up the information about the obstacle. Exit out of the tip, then wait a few seconds for a character picture to appear with a "hire-a-hero" option. Press the indicated button to see the pricing, and then choose "hire" to hire them. Within a few seconds the character will enter the game as the active character and a 30 second countdown timer will begin immediately. At the end of the 30 seconds, the character will disappear.

The player cannot choose which character to hire - only one character is made available at each obstacle.

Pricing does not reset at any time - it counts uses of a character in any level or Adventure World and carries over when the game is turned off and on.

If the "hire-a-hero" option doesn't appear, it is either because the player already owns a character, vehicle, or item with the required ability, or the ability belongs only to characters in the current or future waves of product releases.

When hiring a hero in a level, only studs earned within that level may be used to hire them.

When hiring a hero in an Adventure World, all studs that have been earned may be used towards the price.

Not every obstacle leads directly to a reward - multiple abilities may be required to reach the reward, and the 2nd ability isn't always available for hire. Example: Chell may be hired and used to create a portal to reach a new area, but getting to the actual reward may then require the Companion Cube, which is not available for hire. Result: 50,000 studs wasted.

In some instances, it may be necessary to collect the reward (i.e. stud brick or minikit piece) before the timer is up, otherwise the obstacle will reset.